Peter Boyer

New Yorker staff writer Peter J. Boyer discusses John Boehner, the newly appointed speaker of the House of Representatives, the most important Republican in the country. Boyer spoke with Boehner, his article “House Rule,” in the December 13 issue of The New Yorker, looks at the challenges he faces in his new role, including the influence of the Tea Party. 

The New Yorker’s Peter Boyer says that Newark Mayor Cory Booker is a mayor of the "post-racial generation" who has nevertheless run into raw racial prejudice since his entry into Newark politics. His article in the Feb. 4 issue is "The Color of Politics."